Story+2000-05-27+Las+Vegas,+NV

´´Is there anybody alive out there ?....well, should we raise the stakes ?.....should we raise the stakes ?.....should we raise the stakes ?.... (.....)(sings ‘Take Me to the River’) that’s where I wanna go tonight....I wanna go to the riverside.....I wanna find that river of life....that river of love.....I wanna find that river of hope....I wanna find that lucky place....I wanna find that river of transformation....where you can go and you can be changed....and I wanna find that river of resurrection where everybody gets a second chance.....to get that money back....well, that place may or may not exist in this world....but tonight I know that I wanna throw a rock and roll baptism....that´s right....I wanna be washed in those waters and set free again....that´s right....that´s right.... that´s right....but once I stood, as a young man....I stood one evening before a dark grove of trees....and just like a little child, I was frightened to pass through those trees even though I knew that on the other side....the river of life was waiting....and cold beer at a reasonable price.....(?)....but I stood paralyzed....with my own fear until a gypsy woman called me onward, she was sitting at the edge of the trees and she asked me....what my line was and I told her and she said ´Well, Son, what you need to get through these trees is you need some help....you need some companionship....what you need is you need a band´....and that´s why tonight I want to introduce the Secretary of intelligence, on the piano, Professor Roy Bittan ....I´d like to introduce, on the guitar, the Minister of faith and friendship, here tonight in his home away from home, star of the ´Sopranos´-television-show, Little Steven Van Zandt on the guitar ....playing for free tonight....on the bass, the foundation of the E Street nation, Mr.Garry W.Tallent.....and on the drums, the man that brings the power night after night, the Mighty, Mighty, Mighty, Mighty, Mighty, Mighty, Mighty Max !.....on the guitar, the Secretary of heart and spirit, Godfather of the guitar, the great Nils Lofgren......on the Hammond B-3 organ and accordion, Brother Dan Federici....luck be my lady tonight....luck be my lady tonight....luck be my lady tonight....luck be my lady tonight....oh, brunettes are fine, blondes are fun but when it comes to getting a dirty job done, it takes a (crowd :‘Red Headed Woman’) now luck will be my lady (crowd : ‘Red Headed Woman’) oh, luck be my lady (crowd :‘Red Headed Woman’) luck be my lady (crowd :‘Red Headed Woman’)(Patti sings a bit of ´Rumble Doll´) the First Lady of love, on the guitar and vocals, Miss Patti Scialfa ....and now last but not least....last but not least.....the Minister of soul, Secretary of the brotherhood....do I have to say his name ?....do I have to say his name ?...say who ?....say who ?....say who ?....say who ?....say who ?....say who ?....say who ?... say who ?....say who ?....say who ?.....”
 * 27.05.00 Las Vegas, NV, intro to ´Tenth Avenue Freeze Out´**

´´Thank you....thanks, we´re gonna do this next one for the folks here with us tonight from the Community Foodbank of Clark County....Community Foodbank of Clark County provides food and household items....and other nutritional services that assist in (?) hunger here in Clark County and they support many, many people the economy is not reaching.... the Community Foodbank of Clark County provides support and services for the struggling citizens here in Las Vegas area....they, uh, they deserve your support and your time, they´ll be out in the lobby on the way out, please stop by and.....help them out a little bit....this is for the Community Foodbank of Clark County....”
 * 27.05.00 Las Vegas, NV, intro to ´The Ghost of Tom Joad´**

‘´Las Vegas !....but everywhere I’ve gone, I’ve seen people lost in confusion.... everywhere I’ve gone on the street, I’ve seen people lost in the wilderness.....lost at the blackjack table....lost at the roulette wheel.....lost at the dice table....lost (?) slot machines but tonight we’ve come thousands and thousands of miles across the desert and we’re here tonight on a search-and-rescue mission....if you’re busted, distrusted, broken, down-hearted....disspirited, disgusted, dispossessed, downsized, analyzed, stigmatized, retropsychedelizised, Republicanized, Wayne Newtonized .....I’m here tonight....I’m here tonight.... I’m here tonight....I’m here tonight....I’m here tonight....I’m here tonight ..... I’m here tonight....I’m here tonight to re-educate, resuscitate, to regenerate, to reconfiscate, to recombobolate, to resexualate....to reliberate you with the power and the glory, with the magic, with the mystery, with the ministry of rock and roll.....that’s right, that´s right, that´s right, that´s right .... now, unlike my competitors, I cannot, I will not, I shall not promise you life everlasting ....but I can promise you life right now....and all you gotta do is raise your hand and say ‘I’.....”
 * 27.05.00 Las Vegas, NV, middle of ´Light of Day´**

´´Come on seven....come on seven..... (....) I´m going....I´m going....(Steve : ´Where you going ?´) I´m going to see Siegfried and Roy !....”
 * 27.05.00 Las Vegas, NV, middle of ´Ramrod´**

//Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi//